Putting Together the Nursery

Things are finally starting to look like a baby could live in our house now. There are little traces of Posticker around...like a cupboard full of bottles or a car seat in our cars. But nowhere is it more obvious than in the nursery. We got a crib from my grandma and grandpa Hochsprung and my mom and Dan and I didn't waste any time putting it together. Everyone said that it would be frustrating and time consuming, but with my beautiful wife's help...we got it done in less than an hour...with no tears!


The before picture!



Gotta love anything that you get to use an Allen Wrench to put together!



It is coming along!



And the final product...complete with the mobile and crib bumpers (one of our first purchases after we found out we were pregnant!!



On the back of the crib, you can see the adorable felt blanket that my aunt Sue made for us! The crib was the last item that I was anxious and worried that we wouldn't get it in time. Now that it is put together and in place, I feel like Potsticker could come anytime and we would be ready for him or her! Now, what to do with all of the cardboard!!


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The Alberta Shower!

One of the things I am looking forward to as a mom is introducing Potsticker to my childhood. There is nothing like the family feeling of growing up in a small town. This was very obvious to me on Thursday. Two of my dearest friends, Marisa and Suzi, hosted a baby shower for us. We have the type of relationship where we can always pick up where we left off as if no time had gone by. The shower was intimate, sweet, and charming. Just what I would expect from my friends and a home town shower. Marisa and Suzi have an amazing eye for detail. Everything was very creative and personal!


The Alberta Community Center has never looked better.



The farm animal cupcakes and the red velvet barn cake were adorable. Travis and I are surrounding Potsticker with the farm theme, just one way we are keeping him/her connected to my roots.




The baby carriage fruit basket was a hit with everyone!


Suzi created this cake! I wish I had her creativity!



Travis and I had a candy buffet two years ago at our wedding. That idea was recreated for our shower. My favorite-peanut butter cups! Travis's favorite-pretzel m&ms! Potsticker's soon to be favorite-Cheerios. Super cute idea!



Friends since elementary school. Only people who know me so well could have thrown such a perfect shower! Thanks ladies!

~ Sarah

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Big Week!

Sarah and I have had a crazy busy couple of days! We will post about the two baby showers that we had and then also the progress in the nursery! It has been crazy busy, but also crazy fun! We appreciate all of the well wishes as we move into the final month of pregnancy! Wohoo! We cannot believe how fast it is coming!






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All About Doulas

Hello Faithful Readers!
It has been a while since I posted, but it has been pretty uneventful these last couple of weeks. I would say we are sort of in a holding pattern now, anxiously waiting for the baby to arrive.

As a last minute recommendation by the instructors at one of our baby classes, Sarah and I decided to check out getting a Doula for birth. We went to a meeting tonight that was put on by the Childbirth Collective to learn more. We found it incredibly informative and now we are ready to start looking for a Doula that works for us. We feel like we are on a shortened time frame on this one, because we learned about Doulas too late, but we will make it work.

Basically, a Doula will be an advocate for us during the birthing process, and help Sarah have the birth that she wants. It will also help ME be a better coach during labor. We are excited about this new avenue of support.

On Thursday, Sarah and I are going to a class called All About Babies! Fun times!


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